Recent content by Japan8

I ride without assist 90% or more of the time. It’s essentially just boost for climbing, heavy headwinds or dragging my butt home when I’m tired on a long ride. 12 speed chains? They aren’t all equal. SRAM AXS Rival, Force and Red chains are different, such as hollow pins in the Red chain...

This is the chainring I’m using. https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/110-bcd-cyclocross-chainrings The shifting through all 12 gears is solid. A hacked 1x Tiagra? It may perform ok, but… my concern with using derailleurs that aren’t meant for 1x is that they won’t have any kind of...

48t Wolf Tooth chainring on the stock spider. It’s basically geared similarly as a Wabash with better gear spacing.

So far so good on the Pirelli SmartTube. I haven’t really put too much mileage on them yet though (~100mi). OTOH, the bike is heavy and I’m a big guy, so they can’t be THAT weak… I usually carry a spare with me too as well as a patch kit..

I don’t care for Shimano all that much to start with, then they pulled that BS with Di2 (which is dumb with that central weird battery) and Hammerhead/kroo2. From before I bought the bike I preferred 1x to 2x (especially on an eBike) and cost wasn’t much different to go to SRAM Rival AXS as...

The tires and wheels will make the biggest difference. After that, things like the handlebars, steam and seatpost were more about comfort than performance. Groupset change is not for the faint of heart, but… I’m a 1x lover, so I couldn’t resist.

I went a little crazy on mine… swapped out the groupset for SRAM Rival AXS and converted to 1x. Changed the wheels out to DT SWISS HG 1800 spline with Pirelli Pzero SmarTube and Continental Contact Speed tires. Swapped handlebars to carbon fiber gravel bike bars with shorter 80mm carbon fiber...

Thanks for all the information! I’m checking out local machine shops and so far looking at $120, the 1 hour minimum they charge for all small jobs. With their current work load this could take between 1 and 2 weeks to fit into the schedule and complete. If more than one can be done for the...

What is that that you used to grind the groove on the new flange? Suggestions/recommendations how we can get it done? Thanks!

Same here!